{"id":180304,"date":"2015-12-22T10:02:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T18:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=180304"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:38:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:38:23","slug":"does-the-ufc-pound-for-pound-rankings-hold-any-weight2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/does-the-ufc-pound-for-pound-rankings-hold-any-weight2\/","title":{"rendered":"Does The UFC Pound for Pound Rankings hold any weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many unsolved mysteries in the UFC is the always popular <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/frankie-edgar-jumps-into-pound-for-pound-list-in-updated-ufc-rankings\/\">Pound for Pound<\/a> ranking system. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Playing the &#8220;what if&#8221; game is a great conversation to have \u00a0and \u00a0builds excitement for a potential superfight. \u00a0Problem is, \u00a0it really doesn&#8217;t amount to much in the big scheme of things. \u00a0 The reality of \u00a0biased media voting on the P4P rankings is a recipe for disaster. \u00a0 Not a believer? \u00a0 \u00a0Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>This is how one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/politics-who-doesnt-vote-who-wants-trump-mmas-best-discuss-watch-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voting<\/a> panelist \u00a0\u2014 Brazilian editor Marcelo Russio posted on his twitter account\u2014 changed his pound for pound rankings after McGregor\u2019s record-breaking 13 second knockout of Aldo at UFC 194<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.newsapi.com.au\/image\/v1\/fd59ed0841ce2fc59d425287f669ac02\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"421\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.newsapi.com.au\/image\/v1\/fc121284e97db3a32d6b0d8885921cf8\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So the question stands, how valid are the votes for the P4P ranking and do they only serve as just good conversation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many unsolved mysteries in the UFC is the always popular Pound for Pound ranking system. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Playing the &#8220;what if&#8221; game is a great conversation to have \u00a0and \u00a0builds excitement for a potential superfight. \u00a0Problem is, \u00a0it really doesn&#8217;t amount to much in the big scheme of things. \u00a0 The reality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":139404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Does The UFC Pound for Pound Rankings hold any weight? 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